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| The Grand Turk |
| Army denies cooperation with PKK over the removal of historic tomb in Syria |
| 2015-03-24 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has categorically denied claims it cooperated with an organization affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during the relocation of the historic Suleyman Sah Tomb inside Syria in late February, vowing it will never take the terrorist organization as its interlocutor. Claims on the cooperation between the TSK and the Democratic Union Party (PYD), an offshoot of the PKK and the political wing of the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria, were reported by the media after the imprisoned leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan, mentioned the "spirit of Esme" during his historic statement given on March 21. Öcalan indirectly referred to this collaboration by mentioning Esme, a Syrian village where ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's historic Suleyman Sah Tomb was relocated to by an operation on Feb 21. Recalling that the army has been fighting against this terrorist organization for the last 31 years, the TSK strongly condemned those associating the army with the terrorist organization. |
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